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Main Title Nature and human society : the quest for a sustainable world : proceedings of the 1997 Forum on Biodiversity /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Raven, Peter H.
Publisher National Academy Press,
Year Published 2000
OCLC Number 42692066
ISBN 0585238359; 9780585238357; 0309065550; 9780309065559
Subjects Biodiversity--Congresses ; Nature--Effect of human beings on--Congresses ; Human ecology--Congresses ; Sustainable development--Congresses ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Ecosystem ; Diversité biologique--Congrès ; Nature--Effets de l'homme--Congrès ; âEcologie humaine--Congrès ; Développement durable--Congrès ; Biological diversity--Congresses
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National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/books/0309065550/html/
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EIAM  QH541.15.B56N38 1997 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 06/21/2002
EKBM  QH541.15.B56N38 1997 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/25/2003
Collation xii, 625 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
pt. 1. Defining biodiversity -- pt. 2. Less well-known individual forms of life -- pt. 3. Role of the group in biodiversity -- pt. 4. Means to measure biodiversity -- pt. 5. Threats to sustainability -- pt. 6. Infrastructure for sustaining biodiversity: science -- pt. 7. Infrastructure for sustaining biodiversity: society -- pt. 8. Infrastructure for sustaining biodiversity: policy -- ch. 9. Examples of sustainability.